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Lasik Surgery: FDA keeping a watchful eye…

October 19th, 2009. By AbiK

Lasik improves vision for some, but FDA wants to know about long term results Lasik surgery’s been around for a while now (since the late 80’s, with the first Lasik laser being approved for use in 1998). And reports indicate some 6,000,000+ have had Lasik. I only know of one person who’s had it done and she raves about it. So much so that I even looked into it myself, but my ophthalmologist rejected me. It was worse than being dumped. So, while I cursed him at the time, the fact that the FDA is now beginning its study of Lasik long-term effects and post-procedure “quality of life” has me feeling a little better.

But it’s also got me thinking…what’s going on? Why now? The FDA doesn’t just casually decide to start snooping around in someone’s backyard…right?

Any time the FDA starts snooping around something (and this time it’s in tandem with their sending out warning letters to 17 Lasik facilities that were not properly reporting problems with Lasik procedures) I raise an eyebrow. Yes, I’m a bit jaded in the line of work I’m in. But you have to wonder why

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